Electron-ion relaxation time dependent signal enhancement in ultrafast double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Creators
- 1. Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
Description
We investigated the emission properties of collinear double-pulse compared to single-pulse ultrafast laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Our results showed that the significant signal enhancement noticed in the double pulse scheme is strongly correlated to the characteristic electron-ion relaxation time and hence to the inter-pulse delays. Spectroscopic excitation temperature analysis showed that the improvement in signal enhancement is caused by the delayed pulse efficient reheating of the pre-plume. The signal enhancement is also found to be related to the upper excitation energy of the selected lines, i.e., more enhancement noticed for lines originating from higher excitation energy levels, indicating reheating is the major mechanism behind the signal improvement
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.4816348;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 103
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 041102-041102.4
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- CODEN
- APPLAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45039263
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABLATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES; BREAKDOWN; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ELECTRONS; EMISSION; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITATION; IONS; LASERS; PULSES; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNALS; SPECTROSCOPY
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; LEPTONS
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- Notes
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